MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-101.93 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 52 1 950 491 2 900 961 SFC 885 1111 26.7 9.1 33 17.5 15.5 186 20 310.5 312.0 293.3 335.8 8.24 4 850 1461 22.1 8.2 41 13.9 13.4 193 27 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.9 8.04 5 800 1983 17.1 7.2 52 9.9 11.1 202 27 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 7.98 6 750 2529 12.1 6.1 67 6.0 8.5 211 28 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.9 7.87 7 700 3103 7.6 3.7 77 3.8 5.4 228 31 310.9 312.2 292.5 333.0 7.17 8 650 3709 2.8 0.2 83 2.6 1.4 237 38 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.8 5.98 9 600 4352 -1.7 -6.0 72 4.4 -3.7 237 44 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.2 4.07 10 550 5039 -6.7 -15.7 49 9.1 -9.8 233 47 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.04 11 500 5776 -11.1 -34.0 13 22.9 -15.8 231 51 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.1 0.43 12 450 6576 -16.9 -35.2 19 18.3 -20.3 231 52 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.42 13 400 7448 -23.7 -35.2 34 11.5 -25.5 235 57 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.48 14 350 8407 -31.7 -34.8 73 3.2 -32.1 236 63 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.57 15 300 9478 -40.2 -40.4 97 0.2 -40.2 241 71 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.37 16 250 10696 -49.7 -50.1 96 0.4 -49.7 242 81 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12122 -58.3 -63.7 50 5.4 -58.4 244 82 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 13921 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.5 -60.8 256 67 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16424 -65.1 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.2 251 26 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.62 m Freezing level: 618.49 mb = 4114.31 m = 13498.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.01 mb = 3883.65 m = 12741.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.92 mb = 3292.68 m = 10802.63 ft T: 6.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.63 mb = 3465.45 m = 11369.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.49 mb = 3226.44 m = 10585.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.49 mb = 3902.96 m = 12804.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.49 mb = 11105.09 m = 36433.57 ft B at Equ Level: 586.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.49 mb = 13344.33 m = 43780.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 40.4 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 81.96 m/s